what is a junior CNC operator?
Asked by auntyr
i'm looking for a job and this one popped up. its got to do with kitchens and is junior/ entry level. im a girl and 17 and live in New Zealand... please answer the question, i wanna know what it is. and that website in the first answer takes me to google.

Best Answer:
What is CNC? CNC stands for Computer Numeric Control. Basically, CNC is where a computer based machine takes a series of instructions and converts these into motion. A CNC machine can have 1 to several axis, but most have three, X Y and Z. A tool ( cutting tip, router, plasma cutter, laser cutter ) is attached to the machine, and throught the computer controlled movment of this tool, the workpiece is machined until the final shape is produced. CNC has been with us for decades, starting an just NC back in the 1940's. Early NC used hard wired controllers to control the machine motion, so any change in the program meant a re-wire of the controller. Later punch cards were used. As computers got cheaper and easier to use, hand coded G-Code was used to drive the controllers. Then tape, floppy drives and serial connections were used to transfer the G-Code files ( also called NC files ) from the CAD/CAM computer to the CNC controller. These days most CNC controllers use top end OS's like Windows 2000 or Linux, and are connected into the workshop network.